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RE: [T3] Bob's progress on the 71 Notch
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all I can say is....wow...<BR>
that is gonna be at least a $30K USD new car when you get finished!<BR>
Steve J.<BR>
71 FB nowhere near finished...cuz I am never home to work on it...<BR><BR>> Subject: Re: [T3] Bob's progress on the 71 Notch<BR>> From: russw@classicvw.org<BR>> To: type3@vwtype3.org<BR>> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:54:28 -0500<BR>> <BR>> On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 22:25 -0400, Bobsnotch@aol.com wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > <BR>> > Yeah, I've just been kinda plugging along on it. No, I don't reclaim it, as <BR>> > it's cheap, and it's helping to fill in some of the low spots of the yard. : ) <BR>> > I used #2 sand (I normally use #1 extra fine) on it this time, as I had so <BR>> > much heavy rust that I wanted it out of there. I'm actually looking at building a <BR>> > bigger blaster, you know something that'll hold a half a bag of sand at a <BR>> > time, so I don't have to keep stopping to fill it so often. I don't have to wait <BR>> > on mine, as I've got a 7.5 hp V4 air compressor with an 80 gallon tank. Plenty <BR>> > of air to do the job. I can paint the side of a t-3 before it cycles, <BR>> > sometimes a little more. : ) About the only tool it has a hard time staying even with <BR>> > is a power long board sander, and those babies use some air. :O It looks like <BR>> > I'm still on target for the Invasion though, and that's all that counts. : )<BR>> > <BR>> The guy that does some sandblasting for me has a commercial portable<BR>> diesel compressor. And he recycles his sand. He has rigged and old<BR>> cement mixer drum off a truck with screens. and a hydraulic motor to<BR>> spin it. Uses the Hydraulics off an old farm tractor to turn it. I<BR>> cannot afford to buy/build my own blasting rig for what he charges. $40<BR>> to blast and primer 4 wheels. I dont think I would want him doing my<BR>> sheet metal tho. He is more of a construction machinery kind of guy.<BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> russw <russw@classicvw.org><BR>> <BR>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>> List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org<BR>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>> <BR><BR><br /><hr />Recharge--play some free games. Win cool prizes too! <a href='http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=CLUB_wlmailtextlink' target='_new'>Play It!</a></body>
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